By Ashar Ricardo
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Global Health
The Geopolitics of Oncology: How Sanctioned States Challenge the Western Corporate Pharma Model
A structural shift is occurring in global oncology as sovereign nations operating outside Western pharmaceutical channels expand access to state-directed…
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Conflict & Security
Ukraine War Crisis Deepens as European Ammunition Coalition Fractures and Russia Threatens Systematic Kyiv Strikes
K YIV/PRAGUE — The fragile international consensus sustaining Ukraine’s defensive war effort faced its most severe crisis in months as…
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Breaking News
Iran Proposes €50M Bounty on Trump as Gulf Allies Lobby to Save Fragile Ceasefire
W ASHINGTON / TEHRAN — The Iranian parliament is currently reviewing a legislative bill that would mandate a €50 million…
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Business
India Ends Four-Year Fuel Price Freeze as Strait of Hormuz Blockade Chokes Crude Imports
India’s state-run oil marketing companies have raised petrol and diesel prices by ₹3 per litre — the first increase in…
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Health
Russian-Pakistani $80M Insulin Venture Enters Critical Accountability Phase as DRAP Issues Strict Deadline
ISLAMABAD/MOSCOW — A $80 million Russian-Pakistani pharmaceutical venture aimed at ending Pakistan’s dependence on imported insulin has entered a critical…
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Americas
Global Health Authorities Monitor Rare Hantavirus Cluster Linked to Atlantic Cruise
C ABO VERDE – Global health agencies are coordinating an intensified surveillance effort following a cluster of fatalities aboard the…
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Entertainment
Blue Ivy Carter Signals a New Era with Solo-Minded Met Gala Debut
NEW YORK — On a night where fashion is staged as high art, the most significant shift at the 2026…
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Politics
The Nigerian ADC Gamble: Can a Fractured “Third Force” Unseat President Tinubu in 2027?
A BUJA — As the countdown to Nigeria’s 2027 general elections begins to accelerate, the African Democratic Congress (ADC) has…
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Opinion
The Golden Handcuffs: Why Nigeria’s Giant is Still Anchored to the West
A BUJA — As the sun sets over the Gulf of Guinea in early 2026, Nigeria finds itself anchored at…
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Middle East
Iran’s Rains Return Amid Claims of “Atmospheric Warfare”
T EHRAN – For nearly a decade, the Iranian plateau has been defined by the cracked earth of a disappearing…
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